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US 4,301,921 AGranted
Separating reeled coils
AssigneeAMP Incorporated
InventorAndrew J. Petuch
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Abstract
A rail for supporting edges of a continuous carrier strip, interconnecting serially arranged electrical components, comprises a continuous plastic extrusion which clips upon edges of the carrier strip and provides a spacer for separating reeled coils of the carrier strip when the same is reeled on a storage spool.
Claims3
A rail for supporting a continuous carrier strip on which are provided a series of electronic packages, the combination comprising:
- a metal carrier strip,
- a series of electronic packages integrally formed along said carrier strip,
- each side edge of said carrier strip interfitting with a removable rail having a hollow interior, a top wall, a bottom wall and sidewalls one of which is bifurcated with a continuous slot receiving a respective said side edge, and said top wall and said bottom wall supporting successive reeled coils of said carrier strip and separating said packages of said successive coils from one another.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.